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crystal | letter | cease and desist notices slipped under her door | action

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[exsecutus]

New allies are a given. The way you're talking has a fervency that I distrust.

[rathercommon]

Mr Averesch, the day I speak without fervency is the day you may trust that I either have a head-cold or have been drugged.

[exsecutus]

Just what I need.

[Not.]

I'll pay attention to him. In the immediate--since he is keeping his cards close to his chest and, I would guess, does not speak with constant fervency--I would say save him for later. The other one might have more to offer to this stage.

[rathercommon]

[ A grunt: fair enough. ]

Especially since I think he's a bit fond of me. He's been teaching me some sailing skills, in any case. So he's certainly not unfond.

[ No one can resist that signature Kitty Jones pluck. ]

[exsecutus]

[Oh, good.]

Now I feel very assured.

[rathercommon]

You ought to. I'm very charming, you know. You should recognize that as an asset in this fight.

[exsecutus]

I know charm. [Like he isn't charming but he knows it. Intimately familiar with it.] If this is what passes for charm, where you are from, then it is a very dark world.

[rathercommon]

[ That draws a bark of a laugh from her - something rather older than might be expected from her, something more cynical and tired. All she says, though, is - ]

Sure.

[ Then a breath. And when she speaks again, it's with her usual bright energy. ]

I'll let you know about everything, Mr Averesch, soon as I hear about it.

[exsecutus]

[Hm.

Because Nikos doesn't want friends, he doesn't say anything else. Because he's more aware of people than he would want to be, he will remember that. And also because maybe it will be something he needs to know in the future.]